How ‘The Piano Lesson’ Uses Music to Excavate America’s Dark History of Slavery
Director Malcolm Washington, star Erykah Badu, and more on how the film adaptation of August Wilson's play draws on blues, ...
'The Piano Lesson' becomes a family affair for Malcolm Washington
A graduate of the American Film Institute, Malcom Washington, a son of actor Denzel Washington, was looking for something to ...
I Just Saw ‘The Piano Lesson’ & I Did *Not* Expect It to Hit This Close to Home
When I started to watch The Piano Lesson, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I had only read a vague synopsis of the plot—a ...
Wrestling with the ghosts of 'The Piano Lesson'
The August Wilson adaptation "The Piano Lesson" is an impassioned family drama but it is also a profound ghost story.
‘Nickel Boys', ‘The Piano Lesson' Casts And Creatives Lead AAFCA Honorees Lists
The African American Film Critics Association on Wednesday revealed honorees for its 2025 Special Achievement Awards and 16th ...
‘Nickel Boys’ and ‘The Piano Lesson’ Lead the 2025 AAFCA Awards
The African American Film Critics Association has announced its honorees for the 16th annual AAFCA Awards and the 2025 AAFCA ...
Why Alexandre Desplat was so eager to score ‘The Piano Lesson’
Alexandre Desplat channeled his love of Duke Ellington into the score of 'The Piano Lesson,' Malcolm Washington's feature ...
‘Sings The Song Of A People’: As The Piano Lesson Hits Netflix, Critics Weigh In On The ‘Potent’ Family Drama
All that being said, I don't think that The Piano Lesson is a perfect film. The movie's pacing and runtime bogged it down at ...
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Wrestling with the ghosts of 'The Piano Lesson'
I live for those moments.”For the actors, finding the music of “The Piano Lesson” meant channeling generations worth of pain and perseverance in Black American life. Much of it they ...